ot for sermons,—the citizens,in rebuilding them, thought only of how they could hear and howthey could see, not the elevation of the Host, but the face of thepreacher. Wren says himself in Parentalia that his object indesigning St. Jamess, Piccadilly, was to make it so capacious,with pews and… … IVrens Churches 191 There was, however, another influence at work, and that tooin circles where it could not be ignored. The kings brotherand next heir, the Duke of York, was a fervent Roman Catholic.He hoped, if ever he succeeded to the throne, that he shouldbe able to lead England back to the…
Jones, Inigo, 1573-1652 · Wren, Christopher, Sir, 1632-1723 · Architecture -- England History
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